Halvard Hoff

By his father’s deathbed, the young Karl Victor von Sendlingen swears that he will never make the same mistake his father made in his youth: to marry a girl beneath his own station. The promise proves to have fatal consequences when Karl Victor falls in love with a young governess, whom he impregnates but refuses to marry as this would break his oath to his father. Many years later, he is a highly respected president of the court about to deal out judgment to a young woman who has killed her new-born child. The young woman turns out to be his own illegitimate daughter, and Karl Victor is suddenly faced with the choice of doing his professional duty or making amends for his past misdeeds. (Stumfilm.dk)

Satan, maudit par Dieu, prend figure humaine et choisit un instrument pour ses plans diaboliques. Un homme tente par lui trahit son ideal et accomplit le mal qu'il ne desirait pas. Inspire du film de Griffith "Intolerance", cette fresque cinematographique est composee de quatre episodes: "la Passion du Christ", "l'Inquisition espagnole", "la Revolution francaise", "Finlande 1918".